Bodil Kjer
Acting • Born 1917-09-02 – Died 2003-02-01
Biography
Bodil Kjer (2 September 1917 – 1 February 2003) was a Danish actress whose talent and charisma earned her status as a Primadonna and the title of first lady of Danish theater. Kjer's leading roles reflect the span of Denmark's modern cinema: such as the artistic maturity of the war-torn 1940s in Jenny and the Soldier, the light-hearted romance of the 1950s and 1960s in Mød mig på Cassiopeia, the action drama of the 1970s in Strømer, and the modern epic tale in Babette's Feast (1987). Denmark's highest film prize, the Bodil Awards, were named in honor of Kjer and Bodil Ipsen. Kjer twice received her namesake award for Best Actress (1948, 1952) and once for Best Supporting Actress (1977). In 1997, she accepted an honorary Bodil for lifetime achievement.
Filmography
35 credits
Babette's Feast
Movie • 1987
Filippa
The Sunset Boys
Movie • 1995
Marianne Haas
Meet Me on Cassiopeia
Movie • 1951
Musen Polyhymnia
Tag til Rønneby kro
Movie • 1941
Anne Lise
The Missing Clerk
Movie • 1971
Fru Amsted
Far skal giftes
Movie • 1941
Birthe Jensen
The Invisible Army
Movie • 1945
Alice
Eight Chords
Movie • 1944
Ellen
Balletten danser
Movie • 1938
Else Møller
Din fortid er glemt
Movie • 1949
Anna
Kick Me in the Traditions!
Movie • 1979
Davids mor
John and Irene
Movie • 1949
Irene
A Gentleman in Top Hat and Tails
Movie • 1942
Lilly Jensen
Anne Sophie Hedvig
Movie • 1975
Fruen i huset
Elly Petersen
Movie • 1944
En ganske almindelig pige
Movie • 1940
Flaadens blaa matroser
Movie • 1937
The Burning Question
Movie • 1943
Jenny and the Soldier
Movie • 1947
Jenny Christensen
Søren Søndervold
Movie • 1942
Copper
Movie • 1976
Sabina Lund
Mirror, Mirror
Movie • 1978
Hjerter er trumf
Movie • 1976
Zerline - En tjenestepiges fortælling
Movie • 1994
Zerline
I den grønne skov
Movie • 1968
Min kone er uskyldig
Movie • 1950
Bella
Movie • 1970
Bella Berg
To som elsker hinanden
Movie • 1944
Ellen Selstrup
Vi kunde ha' det saa rart
Movie • 1942
Lene Bang
Hans Onsdags-Veninde
Movie • 1943
Magda Hansen
Drama på slottet
Movie • 1943
Anna Dalvig
Tante Cramers Testamente
Movie • 1941
Gerda, husassistent hos Rømers
Déjà vu
Movie • 2015
Ludvigsbakke
TV • 1978
Generalinden
Bryggeren
TV • 1996
Caroline Jacobsen